Unit 8.1
Cardinal numbers: Millions
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Introduction
Cardinal numbers give information about how many people or things there are.
Million numbers are from 1,000,000 onwards.
Form
The million numbers have one million as its base.
- Plain form: number + 000,000
- Their name is: how the number in the beginning is called + million
- After the million number, the other numbers need to be mentioned as normal (thousand number & hundred number & ten number)
| Millions from 1,000,000 to 9,000,000 | Millions + thousands | Millions + thousands + hundreds |
| one million | one million one thousand | one million one thousand one hundred |
| two millions | one million two thousands | one million one thousand two hundred |
| three millions | one million three thousands | one million one thousand three hundred |
| four millions | one million four thousands | one million one thousand four hundred |
| five millions | one million five thousands | one million one thousand five hundred |
| six millions | one million six thousands | one million one thousand six hundred |
| seven millions | one million seven thousands | one million one thousand seven hundred |
| eight millions | one million eight thousands | one million one thousand eight hundred |
| nine millions | one million nine thousands | one million one thousand nine hundred |
Example
- 1,000,000 (one million)
- 3,960,723 (three millions nine hundred sixty thousand seven hundred and twenty-three)
Use
We normally use the singular form of the numbers – when we are naming a concrete figure.
We use the plural form of millions when we are not speaking about a concrete number, but in general terms. We don’t even use a whole number for that:
- Millions of + noun
As these numbers are pretty long, there are generally written in figures, otherwise, the message it will be too long and easy to be misunderstood.
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